This is the archive area for August 1997.
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Volume 1, Number 4: August 4, 1997
For years, California's 58 counties have
received short shrift in the Capitol's annual budget fight: Their
funding has been up for grabs, their political influence has been
whittled away and they have been the providers of an array of costly
state-ordered services without being compensated in return.
Volume 1, Number 5: August 11, 1997
He's never confirmed it publicly, but there's
little doubt among Capitol insiders that Republican Gov. Pete Wilson
plans to seek the presidency in 2000, and he's already laying the
groundwork by building a record in Sacramento during his final two
years as governor that he hopes will resonate nationally. To some
extent, it already has.
Volume 1, Number 6: August 18, 1997
Each year, California's counties fight for state
funding in what has become a familiar ritual in the Capitol's annual
budget wars. And each year, the counties lose.
Volume 1, Number 7: August 25, 1997
The 120-member California Legislature is replete
with oddities and eccentrics, but few can compare with Sen. John Burton,
an intelligent, intense, oddly likable lawmaker, a recovered drug abuser
with an exasperating penchant for flip comments and the uncanny knack of
saying the wrong thing at the wrong time.
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